Residents reach the coffin of Abdul Aziz al-Hakim, leader of one of Iraq's most powerful Shi'ite parties, the Supreme Islamic Iraqi Council (ISCI), during his funeral at Baghdad's Kadhimiya District August 28, 2009. Iraq declared three days of mourning on Thursday for the leading Shi'ite cleric and politician whose death may intensify political instability before national elections. REUTERS/Saad Shalash (IRAQ CONFLICT RELIGION POLITICS)
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